DENVER - Love 'em or hate 'em, Colorado legislators have done a lot this year.If the session ended today, it would go down as one of the most productive and liberal ever, with new laws allowing...

DENVER - A recovering economy is about to trigger a mini-construction boom at colleges across Colorado - but not Fort Lewis.The House of Representatives will debate a state budget Thursday that...

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper defended his legal crackdown on cities that ban hydraulic fracturing Monday during a debate with a Front Range county commissioner.The debate at Denver University's...

DENVER - Democrats took aim at the state's gas and oil regulators Thursday, advancing a bill that would usher in pro-environmental changes to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.House...

DENVER - The state government has badly flubbed its attempt to regulate medical marijuana, according to an audit released Tuesday.The audit came out just as legislators are preparing a bill that...

DENVER - Work is proceeding slowly to write a law to regulate marijuana after Colorado voters legalized it last November.Gov. John Hickenlooper's task force spent three months drafting 58...

DENVER - Work is proceeding slowly to write a law to regulate marijuana after Colorado voters legalized it last November.Gov. John Hickenlooper's task force spent three months drafting 58...

DENVER - Most Montezuma County schools would see big funding increases from a billion-dollar tax increase proposed at the Capitol this week.But resistance to new taxes, combined with opposition...

DENVER - Just as an emotional debate over gun rights is winding down at the state Capitol, Democrats are ready to take on another big target: the gas and oil industry.The effort puts them on a...

DENVER - Legislators will have an impressive $1.8 billion more for next year's budget than they had for this year's $8 billion spending plan.They'll be pressed throughout the next three weeks to...